Broken promise as Miss Botswana gets no car

Miss Botswana's car PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Miss Botswana's car PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

In what has turned out to be a broken promise, Miss Botswana 2021/22 Palesa Molefe will no longer get to own a Mercedes Benz C200 as announced during the sponsorship launch in August.

Miss Botswana organisers revealed a few months ago that this year’s queen will walk away with a Mercedes Benz C200 courtesy of new car dealer, Magariland. But now instead of owning the car Molefe will get a car sponsorship from Magariland which will transport her during her entire reign. After her reign she will return the Golf 7 Tsi she is currently using to the car dealer.

During a sponsorship handover yesterday, the organisers announced that besides the car sponsorship, Molefe will walk away with a cash prize of P100,000 divided into P50,000 cash and P50 000 worth of monthly benefits.

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